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Where Will Amazon HQ 2 Land

Jim Cummings

Residential Real Estate Broker · College Station, TX · Member since 2013 · 1k+ posts · 969 votes

Where will Amazon HQ2 Land?

ATTOM Data predicts Amazon HQ2

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Real Estate Agent · Washington, D.C. · Member since 2012 · 17k+ posts · 30k+ votes

DC. 3 of the 20 finalists are here. Bezos is building a $50 mansion here and is doing a $15 million renovation on his already existing house here.

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Real Estate Agent · Washington, D.C. · Member since 2012 · 17k+ posts · 30k+ votes
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DC. 3 of the 20 finalists are here. Bezos is building a $50 mansion here and is doing a $15 million renovation on his already existing house here.
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Manish A.
Cupertino, CA · Member since 2014 · 59 posts · 22 votes
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Front runners - DC+Virginia area and Philadelphia Long Shot - Dallas, Austin or Toronto
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Ernesto Hernandez
Realtor · San Francisco, CA · Member since 2017 · 408 posts · 361 votes
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My guess is still Atlanta. Infrastructure. Plenty of great Universities nearby to attract talent from. Very affordable for now.
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Manish A.
Cupertino, CA · Member since 2014 · 59 posts · 22 votes
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Yes, Atlanta and RTP are also in the fray. But Georgia will loose because of the way state government is currently treating Delta.
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Lane Kawaoka
Rental Property Investor · Honolulu, HAWAII (HI) · Member since 2011 · 4k+ posts · 2k+ votes
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When is this being decided?
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Max T.
Investor · Philadelphia, PA · Member since 2015 · 3k+ posts · 3k+ votes
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Philly. Everybody loves a winner. SUPERBOWL CHAMPS.
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Nicholas Weckstein
Real Estate Agent · Warrior Run, PA · Member since 2016 · 341 posts · 146 votes
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Philly would be great !! I’m curious as well when this gets officially decided
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Matt R.
Sherman Oaks, CA · Member since 2013 · 3k+ posts · 2k+ votes
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I read some where Boston and DC areas seem to be in the lead. I also heard they may do another final best offer round with top 3 or 5? If it were me I would say Chitown, NYC and LA give us your final best offer.
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Manish A.
Cupertino, CA · Member since 2014 · 59 posts · 22 votes
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LA is on the west coast same as their current HQ, i.e., Seattle, so from running a business perspective it makes more sense to have the 2nd one close to east coast.
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Sam Josh
Sunnyvale , CA · Member since 2017 · 373 posts · 362 votes
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I am voting for Boston. It checks a lot of boxes except one which is that it’s a bit of a hike from Seattle.
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Christian Nachtrieb
Rental Property Investor · Medford, MA · Member since 2016 · 288 posts · 171 votes
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Originally posted by @Sam Josh:

I am voting for Boston. It checks a lot of boxes except one which is that it’s a bit of a hike from Seattle.
It'll absolutely murder the traffic here. MURDER
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Peter M.
Rental Property Investor · DFW, TX · Member since 2013 · 953 posts · 910 votes
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Well since everybody seems to be putting up their hopes I'll add Dallas to the list. And honestly, traffic is already bad in all of these places and Amazon will make it worse wherever it lands.
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Ethan Henning
Real Estate Agent · Atlanta, GA · Member since 2015 · 295 posts · 117 votes
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FINGERS CROSSED for Atlanta!
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Joe SplitrockPro Member
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Rental Property Investor · Sioux Falls, SD · Member since 2015 · 9k+ posts · 18k+ votes
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As Amazon is busy having a city selecting beauty pageant, Apple is quietly negotiating a deal in RTP, North Carolina.The Apple deal is 10,000 jobs and $2B investment. Smart of Apple to do this, taking advantage of the great technical talent in the area with companies like Lenovo (IBM) being there for years. I think it is doubtful that Amazon will select Raleigh for this reason, but better off for Raleigh to land Apple.
https://www.wral.com/north-carolina-apple-negotiat...
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Uriah D.Pro Member
Investor · Apex, NC · Member since 2014 · 340 posts · 188 votes
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@Joe Splitrock I’ll take either any day, but prefer apple
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Joseph Parker
Real Estate Agent · Kokomo, IN · Member since 2018 · 129 posts · 69 votes
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Since it hasn't been mentioned yet and is never talked about as a true contender, I'll go out on a limb and say the Crossroads of America - Indianapolis!
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Matt R.
Sherman Oaks, CA · Member since 2013 · 3k+ posts · 2k+ votes
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Originally posted by @Manish A.:

LA is on the west coast same as their current HQ, i.e., Seattle, so from running a business perspective it makes more sense to have the 2nd one close to east coast.
Yeah, I think they want that DC area option for political reasons. Microsoft paid bigtime for not having the political game in place when the regulators came calling with hands out. I am sure Bill told him that already. Otherwise IMO West Coast LA, would be a good choice as it is where East meets West in the largest market ( most future growth) and the rest for talent attraction reasons maybe. My best guess is still DC areas.
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Caleb Heimsoth
Rental Property Investor · Durham, NC · Member since 2016 · 7k+ posts · 7k+ votes
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I live in cary (near Raleigh) and I don’t think it’s coming here. Our airport is to small. It’ll be on the east coast, near DC or Atlanta.
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Ryan Hopkins
Architect · Raleigh-Durham, NC · Member since 2016 · 76 posts · 47 votes
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There have been some interesting grumblings about the head GC for Amazon purchasing his personal home in Apex...take it for what it’s worth. Who wants in now?!
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David Burns
Rental Property Investor · Raleigh, NC · Member since 2015 · 36 posts · 19 votes
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I think it’s coming to Raleigh/RTP. I hope not, but I think we’ve got a good shot at getting it.
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Matt Berklacy
Rental Property Investor | Realtor · Jacksonville FL | Savannah Ga |Raleigh NC · Member since 2017 · 467 posts · 161 votes
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Rtp...,Atlanta.... ..but a head-fake upset, Jacksonville Fla will get it with location, affordability, port, ..many other things..
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Jack Bobeck
Rental Property Investor · Jacksonville, FL · Member since 2008 · 784 posts · 528 votes
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Jax got crossed off the list months ago....
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Chris Martin
Investor · Willow Spring, NC · Member since 2009 · 5k+ posts · 3k+ votes
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I don't know where people get their information. I doubt Bezos would choose a site , which wasn't one of the criteria. That's classic Trump logic, not Bezos logic. The AMZN goal in site location is to find the best place for the company, and indirectly its employees.
While RDU isn't big, about . If 50,000 AMZN employees fly every month, annual RDU numbers would be back to about 2007 levels. RDU can handle the traffic. Besides, the project is HQ2 not a mega-fulfillment center.
According to , the 130.11 acre site in Centenial Campus appears to be a good fit. There is an additional 749.9 acres across the street (same owner, the State of NC) if they ever want to expand. LOL! You can practically walk to Glenwood South and the Warehouse district from that parcel.
So, AAPL in RTP and AMZN in Centennial Campus would be my guess. Everyone has their opinion, of course, and some are that would impact future employees. My view is that people are a big part of a business, and that affordability and quality of life for employees (as opposed to convenience for the CEO) may be the parameter that tips the scales.

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Eric Delcol
Investor · Tampa, FL · Member since 2016 · 334 posts · 215 votes
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Considering their home base Seattle just slapped a 110 million / year tax on them - the winning city will be whomevers policies are furthest from that.
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Jason Chan
Washington DC · Member since 2018 · 15 posts · 3 votes
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@Russell Brazil care to speculate where in the DMV? i'm also hoping/wanting it to land in DC area...there's ample enough software talent and good transportation, etc. Care to speculate WHERE in DMV though? they could really ignite certain parts of the region depending on what they choose...I feel like VA near their data centers would be a easy choice - cheap and w/ incentives. MoCo is too expensive already and crowded, i hope they wouldn't add to that... I think NE dc or like PG county would be SUPER interesting..and have a huge economic effect on real estate but also the communities, businesses, and transit...
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